Old flags

Crampton [cra90] writes: "The flag of the Maldives was originally a plain red flag. Later, a
band of black and white stripes were placed in the hoist."

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 June 1998

National flag

Flaggenbuch[neu92] shows the flag of the Sultanate of the Maldives as red with a band of black and white stripes placed in the hoist and a white crescent pointing towards the hoist.

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 June 1998

Civil ensign

Civil ensign of the Sultanate of the Maldives - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 May 2002

Flaggenbuch shows the civil ensign (for use at sea) of the Sultanate of the Maldives as the same as the national flag but with a green panel in the middle of the red field instead of the crescent.

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 June 1998

State ensign

State ensign of the Sultanate of the Maldives - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 May 2002

Flaggenbuch shows the "service flag for use at sea by government vessels", that is the state ensign, of the Sultanate of the Maldives as the same as the civil ensign but with a white star in the green panel.

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 June 1998

State flag

State flag of the Sultanate of the Maldives - Image by Željko Heimer, 30 May 2002

Flaggenbuch shows the "service flag for use on land", that is the state flag, of the Sultanate of the Maldives as the same as the state ensign but with a white crescent with horns
pointing to hoist instead of the white star in the green panel.

Calvin Paige Herring, 2 June 1998

Flags used for festivities

Flag and pennants used for festivities - Images by Željko Heimer, 30 May 2002

Flaggenbuch shows the flag hoisted over the New Fort for festivities as a red flag with a green rectangular panel including a white crescent, with horns
pointing to the hoist, and a star, pointing to the base, along the hoist a diagonally
black and white stripe.
The same flag as a long triangular pennant (ratio about 1:15) is used as masthead
pennant. Due to the longish form, there are only two white bends by hoist.
However, the star here points upwards, shich is either odd and unusual
practice, or a rare example of error in Flaggenbuch.
The same pennant with only the white star is the pennant used by state ships for festivities,
probably designed to accompany the state ensign of basically the same
design.